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...her playing of the solo part was a highlight in a fine all-Beethoven concert. Petcu-Colan was a model of musicianship and insight. One of the most remarkable aspects of her playing was its beautiful tone and phrasing...showing the same type of natural intelligence which characterizes the playing of the Callino String Quartet, of which she is a member, this concerto was a pleasure from first note to last.
The Irish Times
...the first work, the 'Tost' quartet by Haydn, drew a storm of applause from the audience, an ovation which grew in intensity after the performance of the Ravel.
Rhein-Ahr Rundschau
...this was a marvellous performance, in every way what this poetic, romantic, haunting and still under-appreciated masterpiece deserves.
Glasgow Herald
...Ioana Petcu gave the most musical performance of Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso that I have heard since Alfredo Campoli in the 1960s. The Introduction sighted wistfully and the Rondo sparkled like a jewel.
Irish Examiner
...the Callinos seem like naturals in the music of Haydn, which they played without hype or false rhetoric, so that the music seemed simply to speak for itself.....their Ravel was of that plain-speaking style which the composer so loved and which allowed the work's especial riches of harmony ro communicate without any recourse to interpretative exaggeration...
The Irish Times
...the first concert of the tour, in Concentaina, took place in the enclosed, open-air courtyard of the baronial castle where Ioana Petcu-Colan, in a scarlet red dress, stole the hearts of the local caballeros with her performance of the Sarasate Carmen variations.
The Irish Examiner
...they left the audience astonished by the skill, maturity and musicianship displayed...one of the most exciting violinists this country has produced...In a stunning display of powerful playing she played the spread chords, tremolandi in two parts and then the fugue as if there were two players. This was a commanding performance of a most impressive, important work in the violin repertoire.
The Irish Examiner